CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Risk
I/O, the leading vulnerability
threat management platform announced today that they have licensed Verisign’s
iDefense vulnerability intelligence reports which will be included
and fully integrated into Risk I/O’s threat processing engine.
Verisign’s vulnerability, attack and exploit data includes unpublished
zero-day vulnerabilities collected from over 30,000 products and 400
technology vendors which will be incorporated into the Risk I/O
platform. Risk I/O threat processing correlates attack and breach
information with a customer’s vulnerability data showing them the
greatest risk of a breach for their environment.

“To really understand risk, you can’t look at threats and
vulnerabilities separately, you have to bring them together in context
with the actual business assets you’re protecting,” said Ed Bellis, Risk
I/O Co-Founder and CEO. “It’s not uncommon for security teams to spend
days or even weeks remediating the wrong issues because they’re chasing
vulnerabilities at the top of the CVSS list. But, by correlating
vulnerability data with global attack and breach data, those teams gain
unprecedented insight into where their company is most likely to be
attacked, making it easier for them to remediate the right
vulnerabilities quickly.”

Risk I/O’s SaaS-based vulnerability threat management platform
continuously aggregates attack data, threat data, and exploit data from
across the Internet, matching this data with the company’s own
vulnerability scan data to generate a prioritized list of
vulnerabilities that are most likely to be exploited. Also, by
integrating with bug fix and ticketing systems, Risk I/O enables
organizations to implement remediation for prioritized vulnerabilities
as soon as they are discovered. Risk I/O currently processes more than a
billion vulnerabilities each month.

“We are excited to bring Verisign’s iDefense vulnerability intelligence
to a broader audience through Risk I/O’s vulnerability threat management
platform,” said Josh Ray, senior director, Verisign iDefense Security
Intelligence Services. “One of the biggest challenges facing security
teams today is staying up-to-date on the ever-changing security threat
landscape. The inclusion of Verisign iDefense intelligence into the Risk
I/O service will provide security practitioners with the actionable
cyber security details they need to help protect their enterprise.”

Risk I/O is a vulnerability threat management platform that processes
external Internet breach and exploit data with an
organization's vulnerability scan data to monitor, measure and
prioritize vulnerability remediation across their IT environment. As a
result, organizations know their likelihood of experiencing a breach
and what vulnerabilities pose the greatest risk. Risk I/O processes over
a billion vulnerabilities a month against Internet breach data for its
users. Backed by US Venture Partners, Tugboat Ventures, Costanoa Venture
Capital, and Hyde Park Angels, Risk I/O is headquartered in Chicago, IL.
For more information about Risk I/O visit https://www.risk.io.